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The Department of Applied Linguistics at Brock University offers undergraduate majors in Applied Linguistics, Applied Linguistics/TESL, Hearing Sciences and Speech and Language Sciences; the Department also offers a Master of Arts degree program in Applied Linguistics/TESL. Applications are now invited for a probationary tenure-track appointment, subject to final budgetary approval, to begin on or soon after July 1, 2008. We seek applicants with outstanding research and teaching expertise or potential. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses relevant to linguistics, speech, language, and hearing sciences, but especially phonetics and phonology. Applicants whose research interests relate most closely to English phonetics and/or phonology (e.g., phonological processing, prosodic processing, speech motor control) are particularly encouraged to apply.

Requirements: Candidates must hold by the time of their appointment a PhD in Speech-Language Pathology, Psycholinguistics/Neurolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, or Linguistics; post-doctoral research experience would also be an asset. The successful candidate will be expected to sustain an active program of research/scholarship, to work toward attracting external research funding, to participate in the academic and administrative activities of the Department, and to teach at the undergraduate level; there may also be future opportunities for teaching at the graduate level. The appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant Professor, conditional on qualifications and experience.

Review of applications will commence on October 12, 2007, and will continue until the position is filled. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Brock University is actively committed to diversity and the principles of Employment Equity and invites applications from all qualified candidates. Women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minorities, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as a member of a designated group as part of their application. Candidates who wish to have their application considered as a member of one or more designated groups should fill out the Self-Identification Form available at http://www.brocku.ca/humanrights/images/selfIdentification.doc, and should include the completed form with their application.

Application Process: To be given full consideration, interested applicants should send a cover letter and current curriculum vitae, including the full names of three refereesto Dr. Thomas S.C. Farrell, Chair at the address listed below. Please arrange for each letter of recommendation to be sent directly to Dr. Farrell, without awaiting solicitation; to assure that letters are as specific as possible, candidates are advised to apprise referees of the nature of the Department and of the advertised position.